SBJ BENEFIT Consultant's city division has been appointed by FlexLink Systems to provide consulting, actuarial, investment and administration services to its scheme.

WOMEN will continue to face financial hardship at retirement despite the proposed pension reforms, a report claims.

SOUTH AFRICA/UK - Alexander Forbes shrugged off the recent bulking scandal to grow its global assets under management to ZAR135bn (US$18.7bn) for the six months ended 30 September, well above the ZAR107bn reported in the same period last year.

LSE dismisses "final" Nasdaq bid; Standard Chartered moves Davies up; Reform still leaves women short of pensions

JUST RETIREMENT has published its pathfinder admission document - the first step in the process towards a £50m floatation on the Alternative Investment Market.

UK - Lane Clark & Peacock (LCP) has launched a guide to to help trustees and companies decide on the suitability of buy-outs.

THE £800m Clywd Pension Fund is looking to appoint a manager for a specialist commodities portfolio and portable alpha solution.

THE PENSIONS Regulator is seeking feedback from those who used its first code of practice, reporting breaches of the law.

SCOTTISH Life is rebranding its individual personal pension product as "Pension Portfolio" in preparation for the launch of additional self-investment functionality in December.

FINLAND - People are still retiring far too early in Finland despite efforts to push back the retirement age by two to three years, the Finnish Centre for Pensions (Eläketurvakeskus/ETK) has found.